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Ecstasy
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Ecstasy (1996) (edit title/settings)

by Irvine Welsh (Author) (edit contributors)

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A bestsellig romance author suffers a paralyzing stroke and her philandering husband wonders how this will affect his gambling and whoring budget; two young lovers must come to terms with their chemically induced deformity; Lloyd from Leith transfigures his passion for an unhappily married... read more

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Lorraine Goes To Livingston

After suffering a stroke, Rebecca Navarro, a best-selling romance novelist, discovers the truth about her corrupt, pornography-loving husband. With the help of Lorraine, her sexually confused nurse, she plots her revenge.

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Lorraine Goes To Livingston

After suffering a stroke, Rebecca Navarro, a best-selling romance novelist, discovers the truth about her corrupt, pornography-loving husband. With the help of Lorraine, her sexually confused nurse, she plots her revenge.

Another nurse at the hospital, Glen, has been secretly admiring Lorraine but after a night at a club, decides to pursue her friend Yvonne instead. Meanwhile, Glen has been accepting money from Freddy Royle, a necrophiliac TV personality. The hospital trustees turn a blind eye to Freddy's nefarious pastime but have to do some fast talking when the new coroner begins asking questions.

Fortune's Always Hiding

Samantha Worthington, an angry and bitter 'Tenazedrine' (Thalidomide) victim, enlists a sex-depraved football hooligan, Dave, to help her seek revenge on the last man left alive who pushed the drug who caused her deformed arms, the drug's marketing director.

The story is told in flash backs from Samantha's past, flashbacks of the drug marketer's past and the man's present well-being, and a first person perspective from Dave's eyes.

The Undefeated

The longest story, The Undefeated, presents slice-of-life episodes from the lives of two recreational drug users. Lloyd, an aging clubber, begins to question his life and considers the possibility of falling in love. Housewife Heather leaves her Dire Straits-loving suburban husband and starts a new life amongst the rave scene, where she meets Lloyd.

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Rebecca Navarro sat in her spacious conservatory and looked out across the bright, fresh garden.

Table of Contents edit see section history

I. Lorraine Goes to Livingston: A Rave and Regency Romance
II. Fortune's Always Hiding: A Corporate Drug Romance
III. The Undefeated: An Acid House Romance

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  1. Irvine Welsh (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: England
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0224043455
Page Count: 288

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